Object photograph·C06326·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote (K. 468)

Limestone Neo-Cypriote head with downcast eyes and a cap-like headdress, shown frontally — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06326. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with heavy, downcast eyes, a small mouth and a flat-topped, cap-like headdress, broken off at the neck. It is photographed frontally against a plain grey backdrop and mounted on a card with a border. The surface is worn and pitted in places.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, K. 468.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, K. 468.

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